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Playbook

A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Notebook 76% connected

A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

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Scheme 76% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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Strategy 76% connected

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

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A cappella unknown · 78% connection

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a cape…

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Act noun · 78% connection

A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the act…

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Battledoor noun · 78% connection

An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also…

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Bible noun · 78% connection

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

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Bob verb · 78% connection

To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.

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Bookmaker noun · 78% connection

A betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n.

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…

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Canvass noun · 78% connection

the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…

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Chapbook noun · 78% connection

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

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Comedy noun · 78% connection

A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of soc…

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Copyright noun · 78% connection

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other pe…

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Coquet verb · 78% connection

To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); a…

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Double verb · 78% connection

To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.

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Drama noun · 78% connection

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

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Flirt verb · 78% connection

To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtsh…

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Frolic verb · 78% connection

To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

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Harlequinade noun · 78% connection

A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.

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Harp verb · 78% connection

To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp;…

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